Hoof trimmer and cleaner.



PATENTED APR. 10, 1906.

J. L. KOTTAS.

HOOP TRIMMER AND CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED M1124, 1906.

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JOSEPH L. KOTTAS, OF RENFROW, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

HOOF TRIMMER AND CLEANER. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratentecl April 10, 1906.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. KorrAs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Renfrow, in the county of Grant and Territory of Oklahoma,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoof Trimmers andCleaners, of which the following is a specificatron.

This invention relates to the implements employed in farriery, and moreparticularly to an improved hoof trimmer and cleaner.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is so constructed as to provide a suitable tool for each of theoperations performed in the cleaning and trimming of a hoof, and,further, to so design the tool that it can be easily and cheaplymanufactured.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottomplan view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred o in the followin descriptionand indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same referencecharacters.

The device consists, essentially, of a handle 1, which is provided atone end with a cutting-knife 2 and an upwardly-turned cleaning-point 3,while the opposite end of the handle is formed with twooppositely-disposed returned members which are so constructed as to formscraping-blades and also fit around the hand and serve as guard membersto enable a firm grip to be obtained upon the handle.

In the construction of the device the handle 1 is preferably formed oftwo members 4 and 5, which are riveted or otherwise suitably fastened toeach other. One of the ends of the member 4 projects beyond the end ofthe handle 1 and is broadened out and sharpened along one edge, as seenat 6, to form the cutting-blade 2, which is employed in paring the hoof.The opposite end of the member 4 is returned upon itself and broadenedout to form the scraping-blade and fingerguard 7. The end of the member7 is sharpened and somewhat rounded at 8 and may be advantageouslyemployed in cleaning the portion of the hoof between the toe and thefrog.

The other member 5,.constituting the handle is recurved in an oppositedirection to form the second scraping-blade and guard member 9, Which issimilar to the scraping blade 1 7, except that it is contracted insteadof being broadened out and can therefore be employed for cleaning outthe smaller spaces, as around the quarters of the hoof. The end of themember 4 adjacent the knife-blade 2 is twisted through aquarter-revolution at 10 and is then curved upwardly and provided at itsextremity with the cleaning-point 11. It will be observed that shoulders12 are formed on each side of the point 11, and this portion of the toolis especially adapted'for cleaning the smaller crevices or the crease inthe shoe. If desired, a punch or point 13 may be ivoted to one side ofthe handle 1, so as to old thereagainst when not in use. Attention isdirected to the fact that the cutting-blade 2 and cleaning-point 11 liein a plane at approximately right angles to the scrapingblades 7 and 9and that the latter members are thereby enabled to also serve asfingerguards to enable a firm grip to be obtained upon the handle 1.

Having thus described is claimed as new is 1. In a device of thecharacter described, the combination of a handle, a knife-blade at oneend thereof, and laterally and oppositely disposed returned portions atthe opposite end thereof which serve both as scrapingblades andfinger-guards.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a handle,a cutting-blade at one end thereof, an upwardlyrojecting cleaning-pointat the same end of t e handle as the cutting-blade, and laterally andoppositely-disposed returned portions at the opposite end of the handle,said returned portions serving the double function of scrapingblades andfinger-guards.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a handleformed of two separate members which are suitably fastened together,aknife-blade at one end of the handle, and laterally and oppositelydisposed returned portions at the opposite end of the handle, saidreturned portions being formed by bending the two members constitutingthe handle upon themselves in opposite directions, and being soconstructed as to erform the double function of scraping-blades andfinger-guards.

4. In a device of the character described,

the invention, what the combination of a handle formed of two separatemembers which are suitably fastened together, a cutting-blade at the endof one of said members, an upwardly-projecting cleaning-point at thecorresponding end of the opposite member, and laterally and oppositelydisposed returned portions at the opposite end of the handle, saidreturned portions being formed by bending the ends of the two membersconstituting the handle back upon themselves in opposite directions, andbeing so constructed as to perform the double function ofscraping-blades and fingerpieces.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a handleformed of two separate members which are suitably fastened together, acutting-blade at one end of one of the members, an upwardly-projectingcleaning-point at the corresponding end of 20 the opposite member, saidcleaning-point be ing provided on its opposite sides with shoulders, anda pair of oppositely and laterally disposed scraping-blades at theopposite end of the handle, one of said scraping-blades being broadenedwhile the oppositely-disposed scraping-blade is contracted, and both ofthe scraping-blades bein g formed by recurving the ends of the twomembers constituting the handle and being also adapted to serve asfingeeguards.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnessesWM. SCRIBNER, M. ANDERSON.

